2006 Outdoor: The defending conference champion in the 110m hurdles was forced to settle for second place at the MAAC Championships (5/7/06) with a time of 15.35s, while also scoring a fifth place finish in the 400m hurdles (57.74)... won the 110m hurdles with a time of 14.95s at the Metropolitan Championships (4/22/06) after finishing fifth in the prelims with a time of 14.75s... recorded a season-best time of 14.60s in the 110m hurdles at Princeton’s Sam Howell Invitational (4/8/06)... ran a time of 14.75s in the 110m hurdles for sixth place at the UNLV Invite (4/1/06)... won the 110m hurdles title at the Yale Springtime Invitational (4/30/06) by running a 14.77... competed in the 200m dash (22.33s) at Army’s Dick Shea Open (3/24/06)...at the season-opening Baldy Castillo Invitational (3/19/06), he took fifth in the 110m hurdles with a time of 15.04s, while also competing in the 400m intermediate hurdles.
2005-06 Indoor: Qualified for the semi-finals of 55m hurdles at the IC4A Championships (3/4/06) by running a time of 7.71 in the prelims... missed the IC4A final by one spot, finishing tenth overall with a time of 7.66s in the semis... finished in second place in the 60m hurdles (8.33s) at the Metropolitan Championships (2/5/06)... captured second place in the 55m hurdles (7.75s) at the MAAC Championships (2/17/06)... opened the season with a second place finish at the Yale Lidlifter (12/3/05)... won the 55m hurdles at the Jasper Relays (1/28/06)... placed 10th in the 55m hurdles (7.83s) at Boston University’s Valentine Invitational (2/11/06), while also competing in the 200m dash at the meet.
2005 Outdoor: Won his first conference title by taking the 110m hurdles at the MAAC Championships (5/8/05) with his time of 14.93s... also scored in the 400m hurdles with a fourth place finish (58.12s) at the MAAC meet... IC4A qualifier in the 110m hurdles... qualified for the Metropolitan Championships in the 200m and the 110m hurdles... opened the season by placing ninth in the 110m hurdles (15.18s) at the Baldy Castillo (3/19/05)... earned third place in the 110m hurdles (15.68s) at Army’s Dick Shea Open (3/25/05)... completed the 110m hurdles in 15.31s for seventh place at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/9/05)... scored in the 110m hurdles with a fifth place finish at the Mets (4/16/05)... sprinted to 18th place in the 200m (23.85s) at the Mets (4/16/05)... earned second place in the 110m hurdles (15.06s) at the Yale Springtime Invitational (5/1/05)... ran the 110m hurdles in 15.19s at the IC4A Championships (5/15/05).
2004-05 Indoor: Metropolitan Championship (1/30/05) qualifier in the 60m hurdles and 200m dash... recorded a second place finish at Mets in the hurdles (8.38s)... scored at the MAAC Championships (2/18/05) in the 55m hurdles with a second place finish (7.69s)... took fifth place in the 60HH (8.3s) at the Fordham Christmas Classic (12/10/04)... raced to a second place finish in the 60m hurdles (8.36s) at Army’s Black Knight Invitational (1/15/05)... won the 55m hurdles with a time of 7.7s at Manhattan Invitational (1/22/05)... at the Fordham Invitational (1/7/05), he captured fourth place in the 60m hurdles (8.46s).
2004 Outdoor: At the Dick Shea Open (3/27/04) he placed sixth running the 110m hurdles in 15.34... placed third in the 110m hurdles finishing in 15.33 at the Sam Howell Invitational (4/2/04)... finished fifth in the Pole Vault (3.75m) and sixth in the 110m hurdles (15.28s) at the Metropolitan Championships (4/16/04)... at the MAAC Championships he finished seventh in the 110m hurdles finishing in a time of 17.18... captured seventh place at the Saint John’s Collegiate Classic (5/8/04) running the 100m hurdles in 15.68.
2003-04 Indoor: Placed third in the 55m hurdles finishing in a time of 8.14 at the Manhattan Invitational (1/16/04)... captured fifth place in the 60m hurdles (8.78s) at the Army Invitational (1/24/04)... at the Princeton 5-Way Invitational (1/31/04) he placed fifth in the 60m hurdles finishing in a time of 8.62... placed fifth at the Metropolitan Championships (2/7/04) running the 60m hurdles in 8.61... at the MAAC Championships he finished third in the 55m hurdles (7.93s) and fifth in the Pole Vault (3.95m).
Before Manhattan: A member of the 2000 CHSAA Freshman City Championship team... 1999 CHSAA City Champion in the 110m high hurdles... 2000 CHSAA City Champion in the 110m high hurdles... broke two high school records in the 110m high hurdles and the pole vault in 2000.
Personal: Double majoring in finance and computer information systems... born on June 8, 1985... son of Jose and Francine Cruz... one sibling, Vanessa Cruz.
The Cruz Honor Roll
MAAC Championships
2005 Outdoor: 110m Hurdles, 14.93s
Metropolitan Championships
2006 Outdoor: 110m Hurdles, 14.95s
